Sahnewal Airport

Sahnewal Airport Ludhiana Airport
IATA: LUH – ICAO: VILD LUH Location of airport in India
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Airports Authority of India
Serves		Ludhiana
Location		Sahnewal
Elevation AMSL		834 ft / 254 m
Coordinates		30°51′17″N 075°57′09″E
Website		aai.aero/allAirports/ludhiana
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
12/30	4.800	1,463	Asphalt

Sahnewal Airport or Ludhiana Airport (IATA: LUH, ICAO: VILD) is the local airport serving the city of Ludhiana in Punjab. Near the smaller town of Sahnewal, the airport is located 5 km (3.1 mi) southeast of Ludhiana on the Grand Trunk Road.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air India Regional	Delhi, Pathankot

References

Feasibility report waited at Ludhiana airport

The proposal for building an international airport at Ludhiana has been finally given clearance by both the civil aviation and defense ministries to Bengal Aerotropolis Project Ltd, which has now paved the way for conducting a techno-economic feasibility study on the project. The construction of an international airport at Ludhiana has been the demand of the people of the city for a very long time. The residents of this city include some of the top notch industrialists and agriculturists of the country and for them the necessity of an international airport has been vital. They would usually need to access the Delhi airport to get most of their international flights or the airport at Chandigarh. The demand for an airport for the city has been high since this is also the region’s prime industrial hub. The previous Congress government of the state had proposed an airport in the city. Their proposal had included the suggestion of an airport first at Ladhowal and then it would be gradually expanded to the Halwara air force base for trying to accommodate passenger flights. But both of these plans remained grounded and the city had been deprived of an airport.

The Bengal Aerotropolis director Raj Shekhar Agrawal said that they would now be proceeding with the feasibility report of the city, which is expected to be completed within the next four to six months. He said that the company had already received site clearance from both ministries to facilitate the construction of this airport at Machhiwara, without any further delay. The Ludhiana Aerotropolis is the country’s second after the one at Durgapur. The Ludhiana Aerotropolis would be spread over 3,500 acres, and about 2,500 acres of this area would be developed in the first phase. The construction here is expected to begin by the end of the year and this airport would be targeting to be commissioned by 2112. Sources also said that the Bengal Aerotropolis had planned to invest about Rs 2,000 crore in the project’s first phase. This would also include the process of land acquisition and construction of the airport. Bengal Aerotropolis had earlier signed a MoU with PSIDC for setting up an airport in Punjab, which also acted as the project facilitator for them. They have already tied up with Singapore’s Changi Airports International Pvt. Ltd for development and planning of the project.

External links

• Airport information for VILD at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• Official site at the Airports Authority of India